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Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) via Job Hopping
Learnings from Zach Wilson
Jul 26, 2024 • 
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Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) via Job Hopping
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New Grad to Staff at Meta in 3 years: Evan King
On Speed, Being Bold, and Depositing Into the “Favor Bank”
Dec 13, 2024 • 
Ryan Peterman
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Evan King
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New Grad to Staff at Meta in 3 years: Evan King
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28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google
Advice for his younger self, imposter syndrome, saying no to bad projects
Nov 22, 2024 • 
Ryan Peterman
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28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google
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What You Work On >> How Hard You Work
Last week, I interviewed a friend who got to Staff (IC6) at Google by 28 in an unusual way.
Oct 25, 2024 • 
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What You Work On >> How Hard You Work
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When Job Hopping Doesn't Make Sense
Early vs late career strategy
Jan 24 • 
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When Job Hopping Doesn't Make Sense
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A New Era of Writing Code
LLMs & Cursor
Sep 20, 2024 • 
Ryan Peterman
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A New Era of Writing Code
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Why Engineers Need To Write
I hated writing in high school.
Mar 24, 2023 • 
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Why Engineers Need To Write
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Amazon Principal Engineer On Layoffs, Interviewing & Career Growth | Steve Huynh
Why most interview prep advice is garbage, becoming a Principal Eng at Amazon, and Amazon's performance-based culture
Mar 1 • 
Ryan Peterman
 and 
Steve Huynh
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Amazon Principal Engineer On Layoffs, Interviewing & Career Growth | Steve Huynh
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From Microsoft Intern to Meta Staff Engineer: Raviraj Achar
Overcoming imposter syndrome and learning to lead
Nov 3, 2023 • 
Raviraj Achar
 and 
Ryan Peterman
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From Microsoft Intern to Meta Staff Engineer: Raviraj Achar
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6 Software Engineering Templates I Wish I Had Sooner
Design docs, postmortems and more
Oct 27, 2023 • 
Ryan Peterman
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6 Software Engineering Templates I Wish I Had Sooner
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How To Onboard
Career Cold Start Algorithm, Landing Code Fast
Feb 2, 2024 • 
Ryan Peterman
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How To Onboard
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Everything I Know About Shipping Code Faster
Faster Review, Flow State, Optimizing Your Workflow
Jan 10 • 
Ryan Peterman
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Everything I Know About Shipping Code Faster
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